Margery

Medieval variation of Margaret

"pearl"

Margery Origin and Meaning

The name Margery is a girl's name meaning "pearl".

An old royal name in England and Scotland that's also spelled Marjorie. Popular in the Middle Ages and Tudor period, it was revived at the end of the 19th century, peaked in 1921 and dropped off the list in 1958, enough time to be reconsidered as a Margaret alternative. The name Margery Daw is familiar via the seesaw nursery rhyme and Margery Williams wrote the children's classic The Velveteen Rabbit..

Margery Rank in US Top 1000

# 976 in the US

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Famous People Named Margery

• (Clara) Margery Melita Sharp English novelist
• Margery Louise Allingham English novelist
• Margery Harriet Lawrence English novelist
• Margery Mason English actress and director
• Margery Winifred Williams Anglo,American children's author
• Margery Williams Bianco author of "The Velveteen Rabbit"
• Margery Fish English gardener and author
• Margery Kempe English mystic

The name Margery in Pop Culture

• "See Saw Margery Daw " English nursery rhyme
• Margery Fenworthy character in the "St. Clare's" book series by Enid Blyton